The Friendship Tree: The Life and Poems of Davoren Hanna Author: Jack Hanna
	Book Information Publisher: New Island Books Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 0 Rating: ? ISBN-13: 9781874597957 - ISBN-10: 1874597952 Publication Date: 12/31/1999 Pages: 222

Davoren Hanna was born severely handicapped in 1975. His parents were lifelong participants in his struggle to become a writer. Much like the young Christy Moore in My Left Foot, Davoren succeeded over terrible odds, and published his first book, Not Common Speech, in 1990. He died at nineteen, in 1994. An Irish television documentary was made on his life and work. This book contains a selection of Davoren's poems, as well as a heartfelt memoir by his father.